How common is the surname Hardaway?

5,163 people in the United States had the surname Hardaway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,800 Americans. It ranked 6,562nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hardaway?

Penny Hardaway, American basketball player and coach, followed by Tim Hardaway.

Where is the surname Hardaway most common?

Wikidata records people named Hardaway in the United States and Ghana.

Is the surname Hardaway getting more or less common?

More common. 4,793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,163 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Hardaway

A surname, carried by 5,163 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hardaway is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,163 people named Hardaway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,800 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,793.

#6,562

rank among US surnames

5,163

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,528)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,557	Scholz	5,169	59,730
#6,558	Cespedes	5,168	59,742
#6,560	Stricker	5,164	59,788
#6,562	Endres	5,163	59,800
#6,565	MacGregor	5,161	59,823
#6,566	Wrenn	5,160	59,834

Who is named Hardaway

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

64% of people named Hardaway identified as Black (not Hispanic), 31% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 64%
White (not Hispanic) 31%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Hardaways

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Penny Hardaway
American basketball player and coach, born 1971
Tim Hardaway
American basketball player (born 1966)
Tim Hardaway Jr.
American basketball player (born 1992)
Ben Hardaway
American story artist and voice actor (1895-1957)
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)

Notable Hardaways come mostly from the United States (4) and Ghana (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hardaway

Hardaway has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

Questions

How common is the surname Hardaway?: 5,163 people in the United States had the surname Hardaway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,800 Americans. It ranked 6,562nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hardaway?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Hardaway identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 31% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hardaway?: Penny Hardaway, American basketball player and coach, followed by Tim Hardaway.
Where is the surname Hardaway most common?: Wikidata records people named Hardaway in the United States and Ghana.
Is the surname Hardaway getting more or less common?: More common. 4,793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,163 in 2010, up 7.7%.